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Exact Match:

device

any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"

an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

an emblematic design (especially in heraldry); "he was recognized by the device on his shield"

any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

Synonyms:

• AM receiver,
• AM tuner,
• AM-FM receiver,
• AM-FM tuner,
• CB,
• Charlie McCarthy,
• Fathometer,
• Flexowriter typewriter,
• Geiger counter,
• John Hancock,
• RDF,
• X,
• X-ray microscope,
• ability,
• achievement,
• action,
• ad hoc measure,
• agency,
• agent,
• airborne controls,
• alerion,
• alibi,
• alphabetic character,
• alternator,
• amplifier,
• anagnorisis,
• ancilla,
• angle,
• animal charge,
• annulet,
• anode,
• answer,
• apology,
• apparatus,
• appliance,
• approach,
• architectonics,
• architecture,
• argent,
• argument,
• armature,
• armorial bearings,
• armory,
• arrangement,
• art,
• artful dodge,
• artifice,
• asiaticism,
• atmosphere,
• attack,
• attribute,
• auto radio,
• autoclave,
• autoconverter,
• autograph,
• automatic pilot,
• automatic pistol,
• automatic printer,
• automatic sight,
• automatic sprinkler,
• automatic stop,
• automatic telephone,
• automaton,
• autostarter,
• autotransformer,
• aviation radio,
• azure,
• background,
• badge,
• bag of tricks,
• bandeau,
• banner,
• bar,
• bar sinister,
• baton,
• battery charger,
• battery radio,
• bearings,
• behind-the-scenes influence,
• bend,
• bend sinister,
• billet,
• blazon,
• blazonry,
• blind,
• blueprint,
• blueprinting,
• bluff,
• bordure,
• bosey,
• broad arrow,
• broom,
• brush,
• cadency mark,
• calculation,
• calutron,
• canton,
• cap,
• capacitor,
• capacity,
• capital,
• carpet sweeper,
• catastrophe,
• catch,
• catchword,
• cathode,
• chaplet,
• character,
• characteristic,
• characterization,
• charge,
• charger,
• charting,
• chevron,
• chicanery,
• chief,
• choking coil,
• chouse,
• christcross,
• cipher,
• citizens band,
• cloak,
• coat of arms,
• cockatrice,
• cognizance,
• coil,
• colophon,
• color,
• comb,
• commutator,
• compensator,
• complication,
• conception,
• condenser,
• conspiracy,
• continuity,
• contraption,
• contrivance,
• controller,
• converter,
• coronet,
• countermark,
• countermove,
• countersign,
• countersignature,
• counterstamp,
• coup,
• coupling,
• course of action,
• cover,
• cover story,
• cover-up,
• craft,
• creation,
• creature,
• crescent,
• crest,
• cross,
• cross moline,
• crown,
• crystal set,
• currycomb,
• curve,
• curve-ball,
• cute trick,
• cutout,
• cytoanalyzer,
• deceit,
• demarche,
• denouement,
• depth sounder,
• design,
• desire,
• development,
• devices,
• diathermy machine,
• dielectric heater,
• dielectric preheater,
• difference,
• differencing,
• differentia,
• dingus,
• dirty deal,
• dirty trick,
• dishcloth,
• dishwasher,
• disposable resources,
• disposition,
• distributor,
• dodge,
• doormat,
• dummy,
• dupe,
• duster,
• dustpan,
• dynamo,
• dynamotor,
• eagle,
• earmark,
• effort,
• electric eye,
• electrocardiograph,
• electrode,
• electroencephalograph,
• electrograph,
• electron lens,
• electron microscope,
• electronic air filter,
• electronic altimeter,
• electronic battery,
• electronic clock,
• electronic computer,
• electronic detector,
• electronic drum,
• electronic fuel gauge,
• electronic heater,
• electronic nutcracker,
• electronic oscillator,
• electronic refrigerator,
• electronic timer,
• electronic typewriter,
• electrophorus,
• electrophotometer,
• electroscope,
• emblem,
• endorsement,
• enterprise,
• envisagement,
• epigraph,
• episode,
• epithet,
• ermine,
• ermines,
• erminites,
• erminois,
• escutcheon,
• euphuism,
• excuse,
• expedient,
• expedients,
• fable,
• facade,
• facecloth,
• fakement,
• falcon,
• falling action,
• fancy,
• fast deal,
• feint,
• fess,
• fess point,
• fetch,
• ficelle,
• field,
• figurative language,
• figurativeness,
• figure,
• figure of speech,
• figuring,
• file,
• flanch,
• fleur-de-lis,
• floridity,
• flourish,
• flower,
• flowery style,
• foresight,
• forethought,
• fret,
• front,
• funds,
• fur,
• fuse,
• fusil,
• gadget,
• galvanic pile,
• galvanoscope,
• gambit,
• game,
• garland,
• generator,
• gimcrack,
• gimmick,
• gizmo,
• gloss,
• go-between,
• going between,
• googly,
• graph,
• grapheme,
• graphing,
• grid,
• griffin,
• grift,
• ground,
• ground plan,
• guided missile,
• guidelines,
• guise,
• gules,
• gyron,
• gyroscopic pilot,
• hackle,
• hairbrush,
• hallmark,
• hand,
• hand tool,
• handkerchief,
• handle,
• handmaid,
• handmaiden,
• hatchment,
• hearing aid,
• helmet,
• heraldic device,
• hickey,
• high-frequency heater,
• hocus-pocus,
• holystone,
• honor point,
• hose,
• idea,
• idiosyncrasy,
• ignition,
• image,
• image dissector,
• imagery,
• impalement,
• impaling,
• implement,
• improvisation,
• incident,
• inclination,
• index,
• indicant,
• indicator,
• induction heater,
• inductor,
• inescutcheon,
• influence,
• infrared cooker,
• infrared telescope,
• initials,
• inscription,
• insignia,
• instrument,
• instrumentality,
• insulator,
• intention,
• interagent,
• intermediary,
• intermediate,
• intermediation,
• intermedium,
• interrupter,
• intrigue,
• invention,
• isotron,
• joker,
• juggle,
• jugglery,
• jumper,
• jury-rig,
• jury-rigged expedient,
• keynote,
• knavery,
• label,
• lame excuse,
• last expedient,
• last resort,
• last shift,
• layout,
• legend,
• letter,
• lever,
• lever pilot,
• lexigraphic character,
• lie detector,
• lightning rod,
• line,
• lineup,
• lion,
• little game,
• local color,
• locus standi,
• logo,
• logotype,
• long-range plan,
• lozenge,
• machination,
• machine,
• machinery,
• magnet,
• magnetic recorder,
• magneto,
• magnetoscope,
• makeshift,
• maneuver,
• maneuvering,
• maneuvers,
• manipulation,
• manner of speaking,
• mantling,
• mapping,
• mark,
• mark of signature,
• marshaling,
• martlet,
• mascle,
• mask,
• mass spectrograph,
• mass spectrometer,
• mass spectroscope,
• master plan,
• means,
• measure,
• mechanical device,
• mechanical heart,
• mechanism,
• mediation,
• mediator,
• medium,
• metal,
• method,
• methodology,
• midwife,
• minion,
• monogram,
• mood,
• mop,
• motif,
• motive,
• motor-generator,
• motto,
• move,
• movement,
• mullet,
• multiplex receiver,
• mythos,
• napkin,
• neon light,
• neon tube,
• nombril point,
• nonliterality,
• nonliteralness,
• note,
• octofoil,
• operations research,
• or,
• ordinary,
• organ,
• organization,
• orle,
• ornament,
• oscillator,
• oscillograph,
• oscilloscope,
• ostensible motive,
• outlet,
• pacemaker,
• pale,
• paly,
• pass,
• pattern,
• pawn,
• pean,
• peculiarity,
• peripeteia,
• pheon,
• phonetic character,
• phonetic symbol,
• photoelectric counter,
• photoelectric recorder,
• photoelectric sorter,
• photoflash bulb,
• pictographic character,
• picture,
• pile,
• pis aller,
• plan,
• planning,
• planning function,
• play,
• plaything,
• pleasure,
• plot,
• ploy,
• plug,
• pocket,
• pocket radio,
• points,
• political influence,
• polygraph,
• poor excuse,
• power,
• power tool,
• preamplifier,
• prearrangement,
• precision tool,
• pretense,
• pretension,
• pretext,
• procedure,
• program,
• program of action,
• property,
• protestation,
• public motive,
• pumice stone,
• puppet,
• purple passage,
• purpure,
• push button,
• put-off,
• quarter,
• quartering,
• racket,
• radar,
• radar controls,
• radio,
• radio direction finder,
• radio telescope,
• radio-frequency heater,
• radio-record player,
• radiophone,
• radiosonde,
• railroad radio,
• rake,
• rationalization,
• reactor,
• receiver,
• receptacle,
• recognition,
• recourse,
• recourses,
• rectifier,
• red herring,
• refuge,
• regenerative receiver,
• relay,
• relay receiver,
• representation,
• representative,
• resistance box,
• resistor,
• resort,
• resorts,
• resource,
• resources,
• rheostat,
• rising action,
• robot pilot,
• robot plane,
• robot submarine,
• rose,
• ruse,
• sable,
• saltire,
• schedule,
• schema,
• schematism,
• schematization,
• scheme,
• scheme of arrangement,
• scraper,
• screen,
• scrub brush,
• scrubber,
• scurvy trick,
• scutcheon,
• seal,
• secondary plot,
• self-starter,
• selsyn,
• semblance,
• servant,
• service,
• serviette,
• setup,
• shake-up,
• sham,
• shield,
• shift,
• ship-to-shore radio,
• show,
• shunt,
• sigil,
• sign,
• sign manual,
• signal,
• signature,
• signet,
• slant,
• slave,
• sleight,
• sleight of hand,
• sleight-of-hand trick,
• slogan,
• smoke screen,
• socket,
• solution,
• sonar,
• spark coil,
• spark plug,
• spectrophotometer,
• speed tool,
• speedometer,
• sponge,
• spread eagle,
• stalking-horse,
• stamp,
• starter,
• step,
• step-down transformer,
• stereo,
• stock,
• stooge,
• stopgap,
• story,
• stratagem,
• strategic plan,
• strategy,
• stroke,
• stroke of policy,
• structure,
• subject,
• subordinary,
• subplot,
• subscription,
• subterfuge,
• sudarium,
• superheterodyne,
• supply,
• sure sign,
• swab,
• switch,
• syllabic,
• symbol,
• symptom,
• synchronous converter,
• system,
• systematization,
• table radio,
• tactic,
• tactical maneuvers,
• tactical plan,
• tactics,
• tag line,
• tap,
• telltale sign,
• temporary expedient,
• tenne,
• terminal,
• the big picture,
• the picture,
• thematic development,
• theme,
• thermal timing relay,
• thingumajig,
• time switch,
• time-delay relay,
• timer,
• tincture,
• toggle switch,
• tone,
• tool,
• toothbrush,
• toothpick,
• topic,
• torse,
• towel,
• toy,
• trait,
• transceiver,
• transformer,
• transmit-receiver,
• tressure,
• trick,
• trickery,
• trickle charger,
• trope,
• trump,
• tuner,
• turn of expression,
• twist,
• type,
• unicorn,
• utensil,
• vacuum cleaner,
• vair,
• varnish,
• vehicle,
• veil,
• vert,
• visa,
• vise,
• voltage changer,
• voltage regulator,
• voltage transformer,
• walkie-talkie,
• washboard,
• washer,
• washing machine,
• watcher,
• watchword,
• way,
• way of speaking,
• ways,
• ways and means,
• weapon,
• wherewith,
• wherewithal,
• whim,
• whisk,
• widget,
• wile,
• will,
• wily device,
• wire-pulling,
• wisp,
• working hypothesis,
• working plan,
• working proposition,
• wreath,
• wringer,
• writing,
• written character,
• yale